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Half Moon Bay Brewing Company's annual Coastside Brewfest, a beer festival benefiting the Mavericks Community Foundation and Coastside Hope, takes place this Saturday, October 20 in the parking lot of their Half Moon Bay brewery. The event sees brewers from all over the Bay, including Faction, Hop Dogma, Alpha Acid, Seven Stills and more than a dozen others pouring for crowds. The event is a bit of a steal, too: A $30 ticket includes a souvenir glass and unlimited tastings.

Anchor Public Taps, Anchor Brewing's tasting room, turns a year old this Saturday, and will celebrate in proper fashion: with a bunch of kid-themed attractions revamped for adults. There will be face painting, balloon twisting, and beer floats made with Humphrey Slocombe ice cream. Plus: $3 Anchor Steam pints.

Business must be good for Altamont Beer Works. The East Bay company wrote on Instagram Tuesday that they're developing the space next door to their Livermore brewery. Details are sparse, but as they write, we should "get ready for a whole new Altamont experience."

Black Hammer, who's hard at work on their Market Street project, Wilkommen, just announced another temporary new pop-up opening soon on Polk Street: Hammertime. The beer bar, in the former Buffalo Theory space, will stay open "for as long as we can."

Good news: Drake's has a brand new location. Bad news: It's up in Sacramento. The new space, called Drake's BARN is a "two-acre food, beverage, and entertainment destination located along the river in West Sacramento's burgeoning Bridge District," according to a press release. Sound big? It is — and it will have 50 taps when it opens on October 24.

Fieldwork's admiration for the fast-talking women of Stars Hollow has gotten serious: The Berkeley brewery has released seven beers, all inspired by "Gilmore Girls." Look out for pours of beers like Sookie Monster, Lorelai and Chilton at their locations.

The San Francisco Brewers Guild is holding its October edition of the Drink SF Beer Shuttle this Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., starting at Sunset Reservoir. The free line will travel in a circuit until 10:30, stopping at four other breweries: Social Kitchen, Beach Chalet, Woods Outbound, and Seven Stills Lawton.

Readers! This column will take a break next week, but Beer in the Bay will be back the following Wednesday, on Halloween.